Tonight’s Game 7 refs have each worked a game in this series, with Chris Rooney at Game 1 and Jean Hebert and Game 6. They’re in stripes tonight:
Florida Panthers at Toronto Maple Leafs
Game 7 – 7:30 PM ET
REFEREES |
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Chris Rooney #5 |
Jean Hebert #15 |
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| Games ’24-25 | 70 | 73 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 1533 / 178 | 823 / 109 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 11/22/00 | 3/30/11 | ||||
| Birthplace | Boston, MA | Bouctouche, NB | ||||
| Goals/Gm | 6.4 (5) | 6.3 (17) | 6.0 (23) | 5.9 (39) | ||||
| PP Opp/Gm | 5.6 (12) | 6.2 (13) | 5.5 (14) | 5.7 (35) | ||||
| PPG/Gm | 1.3 (10) | 1.3 (13) | 1.2 (13) | 1.2 (30) | ||||
| Penl/Gm | 6.8 (22) | 7.6 (18) | 7.6 (6) | 7.4 (27) | ||||
| PIM/Gm | 16.5 (15) | 7.6 (14) | 18.7 (5) | 18.5 (24) | ||||
| % of Penl on Home | 47.6% (35) | 50.0% (13) | 50.4% (4) | 50.0% (12) | ||||
| % PP Opp for Home | 53.6% (13) | 50.0% (32) | 49.4% (39) | 50.0% (38) | ||||
| Penl Diff.* | 1.3 (22) | 1.2 (34) | 1.2 (34) | 1.3 (33) | ||||
| Home Win % | 66% (9) | 50% (40) | 67% (7) | 65% (6) | ||||
| Home Rec. | 43-22-6 | 34-34-7 | 46-21-7 | 45-23-8 | ||||
| OT/SO Games | 15.7% (34) | 20.0% (32) | 17.6% (29) | 20.0% (18) | ||||
| Team Records | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 | 24-25 | 23-24 | 22-23 |
| FLA | 3-1-1 | 4-1-0 | 2-2-0 | 4-3-2 | 5-2-1 | 2-1-0 |
| TOR | 6-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 3-0-1 | 3-1-1 | 2-2-1 | 3-0-1 |
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Devin Berg #87 |
Jonny Murray #95 |
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| Games ’24-25 | 73 | 48 | ||||
| Career Games (RS/PO) | 669 / 84 | 1552 / 201 | ||||
| First NHL Game | 10/15/15 | 10/7/00 | ||||
| First Playoff Game | 4/11/18 | 4/16/09 | ||||
| Birthplace | Kitchener, ON | Beauport, QC | ||||
Referees Chris Rooney and Jean Hebert are working together for the first time this postseason. Rooney worked Game 1 of this series with Graham Skilliter, while Hebert reffed Game 6 with Garrett Rank.
In Round 2, Rooney and Skilliter worked TOR/FLA Game 1 (TOR W 5-4), WSH/CAR Game 2, and WPG/DAL Game 3.
Rooney previously skated with Jon McIsaac at STL/WPG Game 2, COL/DAL Game 3, FLA/TBL Game 4 (FLA W 4-2), and EDM/LAK Game 6.
Hebert and Rank came together in Round 2 to officiate DAL/WPG Game 1, VGK/EDM Game 3, WSH/CAR Game 4, and TOR/FLA Game 6 (TOR W 2-0).
Hebert worked the opening round with Peter MacDougall, officiating NJD/CAR Game 2, TOR/OTT Game 4 (TOR L 3-4), MTL/WSH Game 5, and WPG/STL Game 6.
Series Recap:
| Final | TOR PP |
FLA PP |
TOR Pnl/PIM |
FLA Pnl/PIM |
Refs | |
| Game 1 | TOR 5-4 | 0/5 | 1/3 | 3/6 | 5/10 | Rooney Skilliter |
| Game 2 | TOR 4-3 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4/8 | 5/10 | O’Rourke St-Laurent |
| Game 3 | FLA 5-4 | 1/4 | 0/3 | 3/6 | 4/8 | McCauley Luxmore |
| Game 4 | FLA 2-2 | 0/3 | 1/6 | 8/27 | 5/26 | Dwyer Charron |
| Game 5 | FLA 6-1 | 0/3 | 1/4 | 11/30 | 12/40 | Furlatt Sutherland |
| Game 6 | TOR 2-0 | 0/2 | 0/4 | 4/8 | 3/6 | Hebert Rank |
| Total | 2/20 (10%) |
4/22 (18%) |
33/85 | 34/100 |
Series Supervisor: Kay Whitmore
Games: PS (Preseason); RS (Regular Season); PO (Playoffs)
Stats/Numbers: ’24-25 avg. (’24-25 rank) | ’23-24 avg. (’23-24 rank)
Number in orange/parentheses indicated referee’s rank among active officials.
* Penalty Differential represents the absolute value of the variance of penalty calls by team per game. If Team A takes two more penalties (or two fewer) than Team B, this is a 2. Lower numbers indicate less variance between total penalties in a game – that is, a closer number of calls for both teams.
The full line-up of playoff officials for Round 2 of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs:
NHL Officials Advancing to Round 2 of 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We’ve got referee stats, new rules, new refs, promoted officials, and an updated pronunciation guide for 2024-25.
Here is the NHL’s officating roster for the 2024-25 season:
